Acts 27:18:8Acts.27.18.W8TAB
ἐποιοῦντο
epoiounto
“they were doing”
- Transliteration
- e-poi-OUN-to
- Extended
- eh-poi-OOHN-toh
- IPA
- /e.poiˈuːn.to/
Meaning by language
- English
- they were doing
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) |
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The word
Word in context
- word
e-poi-OUN-to
- sentence
spho-DRÔS de khei-ma-dzo-ME-nōn hê-MON tê hek-SÊS ek-bo-LÊN e-poi-OUN-to
Exegesis
The imperfect middle indicative epoiounto {ἐποιοῦντο | epoiôúnto} ‘they were doing’ expresses ongoing or repeated action, with ekbolēn {ἐκβολὴν | ekbolḗn} ‘a jettison’ as its object; in translation this is rendered as ‘began to jettison’ or ‘began to throw’ to capture the inceptive nuance and maintain the technical sense of discarding cargo overboard.
In context — Acts 27:18
But as we were being violently storm-tossed , on the next day they began to jettison the cargo .
About this coordinate
Acts 27:18:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Acts 27:18, so the Greek word ἐποιοῦντο (epoiounto) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Acts.27.18.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.27.18.W8.S1) and character.